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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing soars to $344,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 09:20 PM
The Powerball lottery jackpot increased because no one matched all six numbers from Wednesday night's $320,000,000 drawing. The next jackpot rolled up to $344,000,000 for Saturday night's drawing. The cash value will be $$163.7 million up for grab. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night, October 22nd, 2025 were 18-37-52-54-60 with Power Ball number 12. Nobody won the Powerball grand prize in the past 20 draws since Monday, September 8th, 2025. The last jackpot was won by two lucky tickets sold in MO and TX, matched all six numbers and split a $1,800,000,000 top prize.
Though there was no grand prize winner Wednesday evening, Powerball had some big winners. There was only one ticket that correctly matched the first five white ball numbers and won the second prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in DE will collect $1,000,000 cash.
Additional major winners Wednesday evening included 6 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 2 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Other winners Wednesday evening included 216 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $100. 58 additional players not only matched 4 white ball, but additionally purchased the Power Play option, double the prizes to a total win of $200 each! Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 600 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Powerball and won $100. 193 additional tickets of this prize level were also bought with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash.
With nine different ways to win, there were a total of 473,291 tickets nationwide won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 drawing.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play option, which increases the original winnings but not grand prize. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The odds of matching 6 Powerball numbers are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball grand prize starts at $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Oct 22, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $320,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 6 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 216 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 600 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 13,104 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 11,376 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 93,351 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 237,293 |
| Wed Oct 22, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 58 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 193 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 4,397 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 3,742 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 30,456 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 78,496 |
| Wed Oct 22, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $320,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 30 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 91 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 2,092 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,776 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 14,877 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 38,060 |
| Wed Oct 22, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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